Aurora also allows you to simualte future history! So here's my log of playing Aurora, for people living in the wacky alternate universe where I become president of the Terran Federation in 2025.
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Spacecraft
GEV Geode
The Geode class geosurvey vessel was introduced in 2026 to survey the solar system for trans-newtonian resources (especially Uridium, which was predicted to run out by 2029). It uses the first generation Ion Engine E0.8, developed in 2025 by Scientist Ellis Fowler for spaceflight purposes. The spaceship weighs 1,850 tons and has a crew of 73.
The first Geode built was called Geode 001. It completed its scan of Luna on the 8th February 2026, but revealed no resources. Not to be put down by this failure, the crew of Geode 001 scanned all the bodies of the solar system, with the largest mineral deposits found on Mercury in March 2026, Venus in April, Europa in June, Sinope the month after. Much rejoicing happened when deposits were found on Uranus and Cordelia in the same month in September. This streak of luck continued into October, when Proteus and Triton turned up large deposits. In December that year, materials were found on Sol-A Comet #1 and Sol-A Comet #2.
With the survey completed, Geode 001 returned to Earth and the data was handed to Terran President Harrison Potts on the 20th December 2026.
Geode class Geological Survey Vessel 1,850 tons 73 Crew 196.2 BP TCS 37 TH 150 EM 0
4054 km/s Armour 1-13 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/1 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 66 Max Repair 100 MSP
Ion Engine E0.8 (1) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 608.1 billion km (1736 days at full power)
Geological Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
FT Carrier
The Carrier class freighter was introduced in 2027 in order to transport the mines and mass drivers required to exploit the resources Geode 001 turned up. It used the same Ion Engine E0.8s as the Geode, however used 5 of them to transport its massive bulk of 32,500 tons (including 196 crew members) across the void. The Carriers come equipped with 12,500 tons of cargo space to transport entire automated mines at a time.
The Carrier class was actually too large for the shipyards at the time to produce, so an existing shipyard had to be extended by 528 tons of capacity just to build it.
The first Carrier was called Carrier 001, which carried a construction factory, an automated mine and some infrastructure to Europa in order to establish a mining base. It completed this mission in December 2027, before being sent on a mission to contantly tranfer infrastructure over to Europa.
In July 2028, the first commercial Carrier was built by Knight Colony Corporation. By September 2028, the Knight fleet had increased to two carriers for a total tonnage of 65,000. In February 2032, there were five carriers in the Knight fleet for a total tonnage of 162,500.
1153 km/s Armour 1-90 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 8 Max Repair 38 MSP
Cargo 25000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 10
Ion Engine E0.8 (5) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 69.2 billion km (694 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
CS Coloniser
The coloniser was introduced in 2028 to bring colonists to the new mining colonies. It has cryogenic storage for 10,000 people, and is highly automated to the point of only requiring 68 crew and 4,250 tons of structure. Like many other ships of its generation, it uses the Ion Engine E0.8.
The first coloniser, Coloniser 001, began by transferring 150,000 colonists to Europa to work at the mining colony. It successfully brought all 150,000 by July 2029.
1764 km/s Armour 1-23 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 32 Max Repair 38 MSP
Colonists 10000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 5
Ion Engine E0.8 (1) Power 150 Fuel Use 8% Signature 150 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 264.6 billion km (1736 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
GSV Well
The GSV Well was introduced in 2031 to search the Sol system for gravitational anomalies which might allow for interstellar flight. It used two of the newly developed Ion Engine E8s allowing it to travel at the speed of 4,444 km/s. Due to the low weight of these new engines, it only weighed 1,350 tons, even with the maintenance supplies for the Gravitational Survey Sensors and the life support 103 crew members factored in.
The first Well built was called Well 001 and scanned all 30 possible locations for gravitational anomalies. It completed this mission on the 10th November 2033, and it turned up 5 gravitational anomalies.
Well class Gravitational Survey Vessel 1,350 tons 106 Crew 256.8 BP TCS 27 TH 90 EM 0
4444 km/s Armour 1-10 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/1/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
Maint Life 16.18 Years MSP 1119 AFR 14% IFR 0.2% 1YR 8 5YR 121 Max Repair 100 MSP
Ion Engine E8 (2) Power 60 Fuel Use 80% Signature 45 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 100,000 Litres Range 166.7 billion km (434 days at full power)
Gravitational Survey Sensors (1) 1 Survey Points Per Hour
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
People
Scientist Ellis Fowler was born in January 2004 and is the inventor of various technologies, including the Ion Engine E0.8 (invented January 2025), the Asteroid Mining Module (invented May 2027), the Terraforming Module (invented March 2028), Genome Sequence Research (completed October 2029), Research Rate 240 RP (invented December 2035).
Civilian Administrator Harrison Potts was also born in January 2004. He was educated at the Earth University and was appointed the position of 'President of Earth' in February 2025.
Civilian Administrator is another public figure born in January 2004. She was educated at the Earth University and gained the title of 'President of Europa' in October 2028.
Scientist Ross Khan was born in December 2004 and invented the Ion Engine E8 (invented April 2030).
Scientist Aidan Hobbs was born in July 2010 and invented Stellerator Fusion Reactor Technology (invented April 2032), Magneto-Plasma Drive Technology (invented July 2035).
